This draft was nominated for deletion on May 1, 2022. The result of the discussion was draftification, as suggested by two participants..

This redirect does not require a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Biography: Politics and Government This redirect is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles This redirect is supported by the politics and government work group (assessed as Mid-importance). Nepal This redirect is within the scope of WikiProject Nepal, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Nepal-related topics. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page and add your name to the member's list.NepalWikipedia:WikiProject NepalTemplate:WikiProject NepalNepal articles

This page should not be speedily deleted because Balen Shah is a candidate currently leading the mayoral race of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. And he has been a source of extensive media coverage in Nepal lately, with over 21,600 search results in Google News–listed English news sources. Even on the off chance that he fails to win the election, the effect that his candidancy has had on Nepali politics would still warrant a Wikipedia page. Inimesh ( talk) 02:11, 16 May 2022 (UTC) reply

Inimesh, I'm not sure if you've seen Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Balen Shah? Editors decided just a few days ago that this person is not notable by our standards, but that development of a page on him could continue in draft space. Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 15:04, 16 May 2022 (UTC) reply

@ Justlettersandnumbers: I've seen Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Balen Shah. The discussion dates back to May 6, cataloguing only English-language sources, but most importantly, a lot has since then. Nepal hosted local-level polls on May 13, and vote counting is currently sluggishly underway. With his vote count surging, Shah has gone from being a mayoral candidate largely ignored by the mainstream media to someone projected to win the mayoral race by a popular media outlet. Meanwhile, his coverage has grown significantly especially among Nepali-language reliable sources. The article I created was not meant to be a comprehensive biography, but rather a stub-class article that would hopefully attract other editors and grow into a more extensive article. You can find more reliable media coverage past May 6 on Shah here and here and here. Best, Inimesh ( talk) 16:23, 16 May 2022 (UTC) reply

Hi @ Justlettersandnumbers:, Recently, you had moved the article of Balen Shah's into draft i.e Draft:Balen Shah 3 but there is already drafted article regarding this subject. So, I request you to delete this two drafted article i.e Draft: Balen Shah which draftified by me and Draft:Balen Shah 3 but I request you to not to delete this draft beacuse it makes other editors work easy to improve. Thank you! Fade258 ( talk) 11:10, 16 May 2022 (UTC) reply

Fade258, I don't see any criterion under which those pages should be deleted; I suppose you could try tagging them as G6, housekeeping. Or you or anyone else could redirect them here. Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 15:04, 16 May 2022 (UTC) reply

Justlettersandnumbers, Is that criteria applicable here? Fade258 ( talk) 15:06, 16 May 2022 (UTC) reply

I would not delete them for that reason – a bit of extra stuff lying around in draft space doesn't really do any great harm; another admin might see it as reasonable, I don't know. Why not try redirecting them first, and if that doesn't stick, consider either speedy or WP:MfD? Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 15:11, 16 May 2022 (UTC) reply

Thanks for for your suggestions. Fade258 ( talk) 15:14, 16 May 2022 (UTC) reply